woof & meow

a quick photo update - he seems at ease with both cats and dogs, mingling well with all the neighbourhood felines and canines wherever we go. at times, he's even walked a neighbour's tiny chihuahua-lookalike dog. The lil man's growing up too quickly! He may be a tad shorter than many of his peers, but in terms of speech and logic, this lil fella is waaaay off the mark. he holds entire

Nursery Songs & Poems...

小小萤火虫,飞到西飞到东,这边亮,那边亮,好像许多小灯笼...(Little Fireflies)Since he was a babe, we've been playing Chinese nursery songs to Val so he's pretty good with them. It makes me so happy to hear him sing with Grandma - and even funnier, when he makes up lyrics along the way. He mashes up lyrics to form his own songs which are so entertaining. I have caught some on video, but never have had time to scribble them

How would you like to die?

Last Friday I was at the Church of the Holy Spirit for the second time of my life. The first was several years ago at J & G's wedding; this time was for a funeral mass for another friend, also by the initial J. Attending the mass got me thinking of so many issues and made me reflect a lot on dying (once again). I looked on in envy seeing the number of people who attended J's funeral. Instead of

the sound of small feet

pitter patter......pitter patter......*giggle*OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhh..... These are the sounds that I hear when I am cloistered in the study room working away or studying during the day. Val doesn't know I'm at home - yes, I'm pretty much a fugitive in my own home - because if he did, i wouldn't be allowed to do my work or to study. And so, it's always a well-coordinated scheme

Vanity Fair?

Hee.. shameless blowing of the trumpet here! I love this picture from our latest issue... Makes me wish we had subjects like this all the time! Page 35 FYI.

July issue of Challenge!

Open publication - Free publishing - More singaporeAnother one in the bag!

Timor retrospect

I have been asked to give a talk this coming Saturday about my time in Timor and I am now just downloading pictures from my Flickr site and refreshing my memory (especially of places with exotic names). Just posting some pictures (some of them repeated on this blog) as a way to help myself prepare for the talk... (note: do bear in mind, these pics are at least 3 years old so I m not vouching to